Rock Announce Protected List

Oakville, ON - Toronto Rock Owner, President and General Manager Jamie Dawick has announced his 11-player protected list for the upcoming expansion draft on Mon. Jul. 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET. The San Diego Seals and Philadelphia Wings will begin play in 2018-19 and will mark the first step towards building the rosters for the two new NLL entries.

Teams were permitted to protect 11 players. That list could be made up of ten runners and one goaltender or 11 runners. No more than five of the runners could be forwards. Each current NLL team will lose two players in total in the selection process.

"You're going to protect what you consider to be your top 10 players and a goaltender in most cases," said Dawick. "However, there are a lot of things that factor into why a player is protected or left unprotected. The player's age and contract status being the two biggest factors but there's a lot that goes into these decisions."

The decisions Dawick speaks of were not easy to make. He was emphatic in stating that every player in the Toronto Rock organization is an important piece of the franchise and the team's long-term goals.

"We don't want to make anyone available and everyone is with us for a reason," said Dawick. "The truth is, we have to make players available to the expansion teams and expansion is a good thing for the league and the game. This expansion draft format will make the new franchises competitive right away. They will have access to quality lacrosse players through this process. Like most teams, we don't want to lose anyone, but we're going to lose two players and now we wait a couple of weeks to see how things unfold and move on from there."

All players that finished the season on an Active or Inactive List to end the season are eligible for the expansion draft. Players that finished the season on the Practice Player List are not eligible for the expansion draft and will become unrestricted free agents on Aug. 1.

Toronto Rock Protected Player List

LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
POSITION

1
Burns
Sheldon
Defence

2
Harris
Latrell
Defence

3
Hellyer
Rob
Forward

4
Hostrawser
Bill
Defence

5
Jones
Adam
Forward

6
Kri
Bradley
Defence

7
Lintner
Dan
Forward

8
Reinholdt
Reid
Forward

9
Rogers
Challen
Defence

10
Rose
Nick
Goaltender

11
Schreiber
Tom
Forward

Toronto Rock Unprotected Player List

LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
SEASON ENDING STATUS

1
Beirnes
Kasey
Retired List

2
Caputo
Phil
Injured Reserve

3
Chapman
Sandy
Active Roster

4
Craig
Dan
Injured Reserve

5
Edwards
Damon
Active Roster

6
Evans
Turner
Injured Reserve

7
Gamble
Jesse
Holdout List

8
Hickey
Brett
Active Roster

9
Jubenville
Josh
Draft List

10
Magnuson
Jordan
Active Roster

11
Masson
Zac
Draft List

12
McArdle
Kieran
Active Roster

13
Merrill
Brodie
Active Roster

14
Miller
Brandon
Active Roster

15
Rabil
Paul
Restricted Free Agent

16
Robertson
Darryl
Physically Unable To Perform

17
Sorensen
Brock
Active Roster

18
Taylor
Dan
Active Roster

19
Tulett
Alec
Draft List

For more on the expansion draft and Dawick's thoughts on the process, be sure to check out the newest episode of the Toronto Rock Total Access podcast, which will be available on Tuesday evening.

2018-19 Toronto Rock Season Tickets and Season Passes are on sale now at torontorock.com/tickets or by calling 416-596-3075.